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From the early 1950s he took on numerous ministerial portfolios. This culminated on 18 April 1955, when he was named Prime Minister after party leader Mátyás Rákosi forced out Imre Nagy. When the Kremlin frowned on Rákosi returning to the premiership he'd held from 1952 to 1953, Hegedüs took the post.
Imre Nagy was born prematurely on 7 June 1896 in the town of Kaposvár in the Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary, to a small-town family of peasant origin. [2] His father, József Nagy (1869–1929), was a Lutheran and a carriage driver for the lieutenant-general of Somogy county .
According to Novák, Nyers, as a member of the MSZMP's Central Committee, played an important role in the executions of Imre Nagy and other politicians following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. [9] On 31 December 2014, the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office refused the accusation in the absence of a crime. [10]
Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 1st term: 4 July 1953 18 April 1955 1 year, 288 days I. Nagy I MDP: 26 (1953) 45 András Hegedüs (1922–1999) 18 April 1955 24 October 1956 1 year, 189 days Hegedüs MDP (44) Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 2nd term: 24 October 1956 31 October 1956 11 days I. Nagy II MDP→MSZMP–FKGP: 31 October 1956 3 November 1956 MSZMP: 3 ...
In 1951, he was imprisoned by the government of Mátyás Rákosi but was released in 1954 by reformist Prime Minister Imre Nagy. On 25 October 1956, during the Hungarian Revolution, Kádár replaced Ernő Gerő as General Secretary of the Party, taking part in Nagy's
Göncz also helped to transfer a manuscript of Imre Nagy ("On Communism in Defense of New Course") abroad, through the assistance of László Regéczy-Nagy, driver to Christopher Lee Cope, head of the British Legation in Budapest. They hoped the manuscript might have helped to rescue Imre Nagy from show trial and execution. [27]
This transition saw Imre Nagy taking over as prime minister with his first term in office. In the context of the one-party system, the members of the Rákosi government consisted of MDP members or non-party backers of the Communists.
While he gave up the premiership to Imre Nagy, he retained the office of General Secretary. Nagy favoured a more humane way of governing, which Rákosi vigorously opposed. [citation needed] On 9 March 1955, the Central Committee of the MDP condemned Nagy for "rightist deviation." Hungarian newspapers joined the attacks and Nagy was blamed for ...